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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: juliet robert <00.000.01.000.juli@att.net>
Reply-To: julietrobert1@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:39:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Nice to meet you

Nice to meet you

My name is elizabeth juliet robert i saw your email today and become
interested in contacting you, so i will like you to contact me back for
me to give you my beautiful pictures and to tell you more about me.
remember that distance, color, language and race does not matter but
love does.



Thanks Juliet

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